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4. Standardization of geographical names
| National standardization: | International standardization: |
| Establishing on a national basis for each geographical object one single name version as the official version | Establishing, on a national basis for each geographical object one single name version in each script as the official version |
Major aim: avoiding ambiguity and confusion, and therefore gaining time
Subsidiary aims: avoiding political conflict, e.g.:
- Macedonia: The UN-approved official name of the country is Former Yugoslav Republic Of Madeconia, or FYROM. [click for the map]
- Arabian Gulf / Persian Gulf: The proposed Iranian name is different from the traditional one. [click for the map]
- East Sea / Sea of Japan: one of the things in which North and South Korea agree: the name of the sea between Korea and Japan should be changed. [click for the map]
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